Local Boards Praised as Drafting Continues for War Return
General J Watt Page, Texas Selective Service director, says only four of 531 local boards resigned as induction continues. He praises boards for five years of unpaid service and notes discharges to return troops home, with about 1,000 notices daily. He urges remaining boards to stay on duty to replace those sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
J. Watt Page
State Selective Service
State Headquarters Selective Service System
Austin
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Truman
Millington to Open Dodge Agency in South Houston Street
Hugh L. Millington plans to open Millington Motor Company here soon handling Dodge Plymouth autos and Dodge rated job trucks. The business will open around September 15 in the former Herring Plumbing building two blocks south of the square, with remodeling underway and a full stock of factory parts. Millington recently visited Dallas distributors and expects a bright outlook for pickups and trucks though passenger cars may come slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh L. Millington
Colorado City
Millington Motor Company
Millington
Dodge
Plymouth
Herring Plumbing Co
Houston Street
Dodges
Plymouths
Mr. Millington
Dallas
Hardy Slider
All Risk Wheat Insurance Deadline September 1, 1945
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation offers non profit all risk coverage for winter wheat. Farmers in Comanche County used the program in 1942 and 1945 with full loss payments totaling over ten thousand dollars. Growers encouraged to apply at the AAA office before September 1 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Comanche County
Ollrich
AAA
District Soil Conservation Meet Sent to Attend
Wv. C. Marshall, administrative officer for the Texas State Soil Conservation Board, calls a meeting of soil conservation district supervisors at the Comanche courthouse on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 2 p.m. Walter Hamilton, Dublin, chairs the Upper Leon District. Supervisors from Central Colorado No. 517 Palo Pinto No. 518 Lower Clear Ford of the Pratos No. 531 Brown and Mills No. 523 Hamilton-Coryell No. 506 Upper Leon No. 525 Hood- Parker No. 529 and San Saba- Brady No. 214 are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wv. C. Marshall
Texas State Soil Conservation Board
Court House
Comanche
Walter Hamilton
Dublin
Upper Leon
Central Colorado
Palo Pinto
Lower Clear Ford
the Pratos
Brown and Mills
Hamilton-Coryell
Hood- Parker
San Saba- Brady
Ace Oil Company Opens at Gustine
Ace Oil Company owned by G Neel Bumgarner opens in Gustine as a wholesale and retail distributor of Casdem Petroleum Products. Bumgarner a WWII veteran flight officer injured in a 1943 North Carolina crash. recently honorably discharged. He is from Gustine, son of Mrs Vera Bumgarner, a Big Spring High School graduate. The firm will offer gasoline motor oils lubricants kerosene and related products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Oil Company
G. Neel Bumegarner
Gustine
Casdem Petroleum
Bumgarner
North Carolina
Armed Services
Vera Bumgarner
Big Spring High School
General Moore Freed From Japanese Prison Camp
General George Fleming Moore, a 1904 Comanche High School graduate and noted Texas A&M College and U S Army figure, has been released from a Japanese prisoner of war camp after being held since the Fall of Corregidor according to daily papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fleming Moore
Comanche High School
Texas A&m College
U. S. Army
Corregidor
Cemetery Work at White Point September 1
A cemetery working will be held at White Point on Saturday September 1, according to Zet Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Point
Zet Edwards
U S Destroyer Price Tag Near Two Million
A U S destroyer is projected to cost about 1 750 000 dollars, reflecting its wartime production scale and naval procurement plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Cauley Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in Postal Service
Jack E. Cauley longtime postal clerk and assistant postmaster, now a U S Postal Inspector, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel. He enlisted after the war began and has served overseas nearly three years, directing Army mail in London and Paris while stationed in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack E. Cauley
U. S
Col. Cauley
Postal Services
Army
United States
London
Paris
Big Pig Lane real estate deal tops county records
Mrs Roberta Clabaugh Rose et al conveyed 1659.53 acres to Mrs Frankie Winston Durham of Comanche. The land eleven miles southeast from Comanche along the Comanche Goldthwaite Highway sold for 49785.90 dollars in cash. The property forms part of the former Jim DeWitt Ranch and had been under lease by Mr and Mrs McPherson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Clabaugh Rose
Frankie Winston
Walter) Durham
Comanche
Jim DeWitt
McPherson
All Amendments Lose in County But Soldier Vote
In Comanche County about 1100 votes were cast on state constitutional amendments. Soldiers voted for 662 and against 424 on the soldier vote, while general results favored none of the amendments: Legislators Pay 230 for 868 against, Supreme Court 382 for 7102 against, Welfare Increase 447 for 650 against. The soldier measure carried 16 of 32 boxes. Legislators Pay failed in all but De Leon No 33. Supreme Court carried in 3 boxes. Welfare carried in 4 boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Comanche County
Supreme Court
de Leon
Posthumous Medal for Sergeant Hosmer of Tuscaloosa
The posthumous award honors T/4 Irving E. Hosmer of Tuscaloosa Alabama for meritorious combat service in North Africa and Europe from January 10 1943 to July 7 1944 as a cook boosting unit morale during the campaigns in North Africa and Sicily. Mrs Hosmer received the medal from Colonel Brown who spoke of the debt owed to the family and noted Hosmer’s sacrifice. Hosmer enlisted February 1941 and was killed near St Lo, buried in France, with widow Juanita Douglas. Present at the ceremony were relatives including Mrs Thomas Douglas and Mrs Imogene Van Hooser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving E. Hosmer
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Hosmer
Cook
Col. Brown
C. l
Set
Thomas Douglas
Imogene van Hooser
Fox Hunters To Meet At Lake Eanes Park
The Fox Hunters Association of Brown Comanche and Mills will hold its three county meeting at Lake Eanes Park in Comanche during September. Date to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Hunters Association of
Brown, Comanche and
Mills
Lake Eanes Park
Comanche
Piggly Wiggly Damaged By Early Morning Fire
Fire destroyed much of the stock at the Piggly Wiggly owned by W. H. Thate and damaged the building owned by Mrs. Dora Greene in Comanche. The blaze, reported around 7:00 a.m., was contained in 40 minutes by the volunteer department. Losses are placed at about 25,000 for stock and 3,500 to 4,000 for the building, with most insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piggly Wiggly
W. H. Thate
Dora Greene
Comanche Volunteer Fire Department
Bob Graham
Joe Tupin
M. Coleman
Dc. A. Greene
Thate
Mr. Thate
Graham
Dan Pinkard Back From ETO Set
Daniel P. Pinkard son of R S Pinkard Sidney has returned home on furlough after more than three years in the European Theater of Operations He is in the Army Air Corps ground crew and was stationed in Italy England Sicily and France He has a brother Capt Reginald Pinkard a B 32 pilot stationed in Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel P. Pinkard
R. S. Pinkard
Sidney
Pinkard
Army Air Corps
Italy
England
Sicily
France
Capt
Reginald Pinkard
Fort Worth
Texas Leads U S Oil Output Supplying Nearly Half
Texas accounts for almost half of United States crude oil production, underscoring its dominant role in national energy output and industrial activity. The state’s vast reserves and mature fields drive ongoing exploration and regulation challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Texas
New Comanche Public Schools open with expanded faculty
New superintendent Virgil Chaffin announces a 31 member faculty for the 1945 46 term, up from 29, with new principals and teachers including Mrs Robie R Burdette as Grammar School principal and Mrs Rex W Anderson Jr teaching high school English. Plans include Rural Aid salary boosts, a new vocational agriculture building, and a planned school lunch room to open by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Robbie R. Burdette
Burdette
North Texas State Teachers College
Houston
Rex W. Anderson, Jr
Mary Jean Goosby
Anderson
Texas State College For Women
Mec Allen
Corpus Christi
W. O. Hill
Hill
Louisiana Avenue School
Shreveport
Centenary College of Shreveport
Virgil Giraffin
L. Curb
Marcus Brown
Prinon
Iniat Wiis Biattit
Carl Brumbelow
Vera King
Gary Williams
Beulah Stark
Marguerite Rice
Ward
Opal Clayton
Frances Dean
Berta Goodson
Hattie Harris
Golden Jones
Berta Kelley
Ollie Sloan
Rex. W. Anderson
Nell Bryant Robinson
Air Force
Germany
Lewis McMillan
John R. Dyer
Army
McMillan
Virgil Chaffin
Comanche Public Schools
Last Day for Canning Sugar and Stamp No 36
August 31 marks the final day this year to purchase canning sugar and to use Sugar Lamp No 36 as advised by the War Price and Rationing Office. Permittees should buy now due to limited supply. Stamp No 38 becomes effective September 1 and Stamp No 37 is void.
Twelve Schools To Open Monday
George R. Willis Acting County Superintendent says twelve county schools will open Monday September 3. The listed schools Comanche De Leon Comyn Downing Hasse Sipe Springs Cotton Grove Pettit Van Dyke Sabano Fairview Newburg begin then Sidney Soda Springs opened August 13 Proctor Duster Gustine opened August 27 Beatti Lamkin plan to open September 10. Schools may close for two to three weeks to aid crop harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Willis
Comanche
De _ Leon
Comyn
Downing
Hasse
Sipe Springs
Cotton Grove
Pettit
van Dyke
Sabano
Fairview
Newburg
Sidney
Soda Springs
Willis
Proctor
Duster
Gustine
Beatti and
Lamkin
Fire sale announced for Piggly Wiggly this Saturday
W H Thate owner of the local Piggly Wiggly announces a fire sale starting at 7 o clock Saturday morning. The advertisement appears in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Thate
Piggly Wiggly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack E. Cauley, Jr
Infantry
Fort Benning
Georgia
Camp Maxey
Jack Cauley
W. C. Cauley
Joe Cadenhead
U. S. Army Mail Service
Dodge Agency
E. L. Pierson
Gen. Moore
Cauley
Juanita Hosmer
Camp
Bowie
Alfred G. Brown
Lake Eanes
Horace W. Busby
Church of Christ
R. C. Ledbetter
Dan Pinkard
ETO
New Majestic Theatre
FBI
SAT
Bataan
The
Range Busters
Robert Walker
Judy Garland
Hangover
George Sanders
Linda Darnell
Kent Taylor
Margaret Lindsay
Alaska
Dorothy Lamour
Ana Arthuro de Cordova
Benny
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